{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"İstanbul Airport","iataCode":"IST","icaoCode":"LTFM","city":"Arnavutköy, Istanbul","country":"TR","airportType":"large_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":1,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":41.261297,"longitude":28.741951},"elevationMeters":99,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Turkish Cargo, MNG Airlines, DHL Express, FedEx, UPS and the postal operator PTT all run operations from the roughly 2 million m² cargo zone at Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM), the largest air freight site in Türkiye. The airport opened in 2018 at Arnavutköy, north-west of the city, and handled around 2 million tonnes of cargo in 2024 — more than any other European airport, having climbed from 47th to 17th place worldwide since 2019. Volume is split between belly cargo on Turkish Airlines' wide-body","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/istanbul-airport-ist","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/istanbul-airport-ist","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"İstanbul Airport · (IATA: IST) · Arnavutköy, Istanbul, TR · 99 m · Cargo Hub"}